How does this shot make you feel? "Unstable" and "tense" are the first words that come to my mind. It makes me want to grab onto something as if I just fell and need to help myself get back up by tilting the angle back to the horizon level. No wonder oblique shots are only used to represent how a drunk person or someone who is about to faint might feel- they make you feel nauseous! Imagine sitting in a movie theatre and feeling like you're on a ship that got caught in a wild storm. No one wants that. However, there are times when cinematographers get assignments like that, in which case, nothing can compare to the power of nausea-causing canted angle. In short, oblique shots make the world go round (literally).
No comments:
Post a Comment